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Episodes
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Writers who have appeared on the show include:
A
Abby Geni
Abraham Verghese
Ada Limón 1
Ada Limón 2
Ada Limón 3
Adam Johnson
Adelle Waldman
Adrienne Brodeur
Adrienne Brodeur 2
Aimee Bender
Akhil Sharma
Akwaeke Emezi
Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman 2
Alan Townsend
Alexandra Fuller
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Alice Elliott Dark
Alice McDermott 1
Alice McDermott 2
Alice McDermott 3
Alice McDermott 4|
Alix Ohlin
AM Homes
Amina Gautier
Amitav Ghosh
Amitava Kumar 1
Amitava Kumar 2
Anahid Nersessian
Ander Monson
Andre Dubus
Andrea Barrett
Andrew Porter
Andrew Sean Greer
Ann Lauterbach
Ann Napolitano
Ann Patchett
Anna North
Anna Noyes
Anna Quindlen
Anna Solomon 1
Anna Solomon 2
Anne Enright 1
Anne Enright 2
Anne Lamott
Annie Murphy Paul
Anthony Doerr
Anthony Marra
Antoine Wilson
Antonya Nelson
Anuk Arudpragasam
Anuradha Roy
Ayana Mathis
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
B
Ben Fountain 1
Ben Fountain 2
Ben Marcus
Ben Okri
Ben Percy
Ben Winters
Benjamin Nugent
Bernice McFadden
Beth Macy
Bill Clegg 1
Bill Clegg 2
Blair Braverman
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Boris Fishman
Brendan Mathews
Bret Anthony Johnston
Bruce Machart
Bryan Washington
Buzzy Jackson
C
Cai Emmons
Caitlin Horrocks
Cara Robertson
Carl Phillips
Carlos Allende
Carmen Maria Machado
Carol Edgarian
Carolyn Forché
Carvell Wallace
Casey Parks
Cathleen Schine
Celeste Ng
Chang-Rae Lee
Charles Baxter 1
Charles Baxter 2
Charles Baxter 3
Charles Baxter 4
Charles Bock
Charlie Patterson
Charlotte Wood
Chavisa Woods
Cherie Dimaline
Chinelo Okparanta
Chris Belcher
Christopher Castellani 1
Christopher Castellani 2
Chris Offutt
Christina Dalcher
Christine Mangan
Christine Sneed
Christopher Noxon
Christy Stillwell
Chuck Palahniuk 1
Chuck Palahniuk 2
CJ Hauser
Claire Dederer
Claire Messud 1
Claire Messud 2
Claire Messud 3
Clint Smith
Curtis Sittenfeld 1
Curtis Sittenfeld 2
Cynan Jones
D
Dan Choan
Dana Spiotta
Dani Shapiro 1
Dani Shapiro 2
Daniel Magariel
Daniel Mason
Danielle Evans
Dantiel Moniz
David Grann
David James Duncan
David Litt
David Means
David Quammen
David Szalay
David van den Berg
Deb Olin Unferth
Deborah Levy
Debra Spark 1
Debra Spark 2
Debra Spark 3
Debrah Willis
Devi Laskar
Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss 2
Dinaw Mengestu
Dominic Smith
Donna Masini
Dorit Rabinyan
Douglas Preston
Douglas Stuart
E
Edan Lepucki 1
Edan Lepucki 2
Edgar Kunz
Edward Hirsch
Edward Hamlin
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 2
EJ Levy
Eleanor Henderson
Eley Williams
Elissa Schappell
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Graver
Elizabeth McCracken 1
Elizabeth McCracken 2
Elizabeth McCracken 3
Elizabeth Strout 1
Elizabeth Strout 2
Elizabeth Strout 3
Elliott Ackerman
Elliott Holt
Emily Bernard
Emily Nemens
Emily St. John Mandel
Emily Witt
Emma Glass
Eric Nguyen
Erika Meitner
Esmé Weijun Wang
Etaf Rum
Etgar Keret
Ethan Canin
Ethan Rutherford 1
Ethan Rutherford 2
Eva Hagberg Fisher
Evie Wyld
F
G
Gabriela Garcia
Garrard Conley
Garth Greenwell
Gary Shteyngart
George Hodgman
George Saunders 1
George Saunders 2
George Saunders 3
Geraldine Brooks
Grant Faulkner
H
Hannah Pittard
Hannah Tinti
Heidi Piltor
Helen Phillips
Helen Schulman
Hermione Hoby
Hernan Diaz
Howard Norman
I
Idra Novey
Igoni Barrett
Ilyon Woo
Imbolo Mbue
Isabel Allende
J
J Courtney Sullivan
Jacinda Townsend
Jack Driscoll 1
Jack Driscoll 2
Jacqueline Mitchard
Jai Chakabarti
James Han Mattson
James Hannaham
James McBride
James Salter
James Wood
Jamie Harrison
Jamie Quatro
Jamil Jan Kochai
Jane Hirshfield
Jane Smiley
Jayne Anne Phillips
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jeannie Vanasco
Jeffrey Yang
Jenn Shapland
Jennifer duBois 1
Jennifer duBois 2
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Grotz
Jennifer Haigh
Jennifer Steinorth
Jenny Offill 1
Jenny Offill 2
Jenny Qi
Jess Walter
Jesse Goolsby
Jessica Shattuck
Jessica Soffer
Jill Bialosky
Jill Ciment 1
Jill Ciment 2
Jill McCorkle
Jim Longenbach
Jim Shepard
Joan Silber
Joanne Ramos
Jodi Picoult
Joe Mungo Reed
John Freeman
Jon McGregor
Jonathan Escoffery
Jonathan Lethem
Josh Weil
Joshua Ferris
Joshua Henkin
Joshua Mohr
Julia Alvarez
Julia Fierro
Julia Phillips
Julian K. Jarboe
Juliet Lapidos
Justin Jannise
K
Kalani Pickhart
Kaliane Bradley
Karen Bender
Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Russell
Karen Thompson Walker
Kate Manne
Kathryn Ma
Katie Standefer
Katie Arnold
Katie Kitamura
Katie Runde
Katrin Schumann 1
Katrin Schumann 2
Kaveh Akbar
Keisha Blain
Keith O'Brien
Ken Bonert
Kent Haruf
Kevin Barry 1
Kevin Barry 2
Kevin McIlvoy 1
Kevin McIlvoy 2
Kevin McIlvoy 3
Kevin Morris
Kevin Powers
Kevin Wilson
Kiley Reid
Kim Addonozio
Kimi Eisele
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Kwame Alexander
L
Laura van den Berg
Lauren Camp
Lauren Groff 1
Lauren Groff 2
Lauren Holmes
Lawrence Jackson
Layla Alammar
Leif Enger
Leigh Stein
Leila Aboulela
Leila Lalami
Leslie Jamison 1
Leslie Jamison 2
Leslie Jamison 3
Lev Grossman
Liam Callanan
Liard Hunt
Lidia Yuknavitch 1
Lidia Yuknavitch 2
Lily Brooks-Dalton
Lily King
Lily Tuck
Lori Gottleib
Lorrie Moore
Lu Spinney
Luis Alberto Urrea
Luke Geddes
Lydia Millet
M
Madhuri Vijay
Maggie Smith
Mai Nardone
Maile Meloy
Marcy Dermansky
Margot Livesey
Margot Livesey 2
Maria Semple
Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Marie Mutsuki Mockett 2
Marisa Silver
Marisha Pessl
Mark Helprin
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Wunderlich
Mary Doria Russell
Mary South
Mateo Askaripour
Matthew Salesess
Matthew Thomas
Matthew Weiner
Max Winter
Meg Wolitzer
Megan Abbot
Megan Pinto
Melanie Finn
Melissa Bank
Melissa Febos
Merrit Tierce
Michael Bazzett
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham 2
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Michelle Bowdler
Michelle Brafman 1
Michelle Brafman 2
Michelle Dowd
Miriam Toews
Molly Antopol
Molly Dektar
Mona Simpson
Morowa Yejide
N
Nalini Singh
Namwali Serpell
Natalie Goldberg
Natalie West
Nathan Englander
Nathanial White
Nathaniel Popkin
Nathaniel Popkin & Stephanie Feldman
Nawaaz Ahmed
Nell Freudenberger
Nick Flynn
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Nina McConigley
Noviolet Bulawayo
O
P
P. Carl
Pam Houston
Paolo Giordano
Patrick Ryan
Paul Harding 1
Paul Harding 2
Paul Lisciky
Paul Yoon
Peg Alford Pursell
Peter Gaye
Peter Heller
Peter Ho Davies 1
Peter Ho Davies 2
Peter Orner 1
Peter Orner 2
Peter Orner 3
Peter Orner 4
Peter Turchi
Petina Gappah
Priyanka Champaneri
R
Rachel Cantor
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Rachel Howard
Rachel Kushner
Ramona Ausubel
Randa Jarrar
Rebecca Kauffman
Rebecca Makkai 1
Rebecca Makkai 2
Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Watson
Richard Deming
Richard Powers
Richard Powers 2
Rick Bass
R.L. Maizes
RO Kwon
Rob Spillman
Robert Bausch
Robert Boswell
Robert Kurson
Robert Lopez
Robert Olen Butler
Robert Stone
Roger Reeves
Ross Gay
Russell Banks
S
S. Kirk Walsh
Saeed Jones
Sahar Mustafah
Salar Abdoh
Sarah Gerard 1
Sarah Gerard 2
Sarah Henstra
Sarah Manguso 1
Sarah Manguso 2
Sarah Stone
Sebastian Barry
Sejal Shah
Shulem Deen
Skip Horack
Sloane Crosley
Soon Wiley
Sophie Mackintosh
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Stacey D’Erasmo 1
Stacey D’Erasmo 2
Stephan Eirik Clark
Stephanie Feldman 2
Stephen Buoro
Steve Almond
Steven Pressfield
Steven Schwartz 1
Steven Schwartz 2
Stuart Dybek
Sue Monk Kidd
Sunil Yapa
Sunjeev Sahota
Susan Griffin
Susan Minot
Susan Orlean 1
Susan Orlean 2
T
Tan Twan Eng
Tara Westover
Tarashea Nesbit
TC Boyle
Te Ping Chen
Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht 2
Teddy Wayne
Temim Fruchter
Terry Tempest Williams
Thrity Umrigar
Tim Krieder
Tina Chang
Tishani Doshi
TJ Newman
Tobey Pearl
Tom Barbash
Tom Bissell
Tom Elder
Tom Rachman
Tommy Caldwell